Is Secretary of State John Kerry being truthful about the Syrian opposition?

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Is the Obama administration and key Republicans trying to play down the power and influence of Islamic extremists fighting in Syria? Tuesday while speaking to the Senate Foreign Relations committee, Secretary of State John Kerry said the Syrian opposition "has increasingly become more defined by its moderation, more defined by the breadth of its membership, and more defined by its adherence to some, you know, democratic process and to an all-inclusive, minority-protecting constitution".

However, in July deputy director of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, David Shedd estimated that there were at least 1,200 different Syrian rebel groups and those Islamic extremists, notably the Nusra Front, were well placed to expand their influence according to Reuters. Other intelligence sources are also, at odds with what Kerry and people like John McCain are trying to sell to the American people concerning the make up of the Syrian opposition. A New York Times article published today citing the brutality of the Syrian "rebels" and that it was posing a problem for the West. It featured a photo of Syrian soldiers who had been captured being executed while bound, facedown and on their knees.

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